1996 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1996 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Stavanger, Norway for the men. The women competition were held in Prague, Czech Republic. It was the 75th edition of the men event, and the 9th for the women.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 54 kg details	Halil Mutlu	Stefan Georgiev	Traian Ciharean
– 59 kg details	Leonidas Sabanis	Sevdalin Minchev	Marius Ciharean
– 64 kg details	Valerios Leonidis	Petar Petrov	Ilian Iliev II
– 70 kg details	Zlatan Vanev	Plamen Zhelyazkov	Ergün Batmaz
– 76 kg details	Waldemar Kosiński	Sergey Filimonov	Victor Mitrou
– 83 kg details	Yury Myshkovets	Bidzina Mikiashvili	Dursun Sevinc
– 91 kg details	Sunay Bulut	Oliver Caruso	Plamen Bratoychev
– 99 kg details	Akakios Kakiasvilis	Dmitry Smirnov	Viacheslav Ivanovski
– 108 kg details	Evgeny Chichliannikov	Nicu Vlad	Vladimir Yemelyanov
+ 108 kg details	Leonid Taranenko	Alexey Krusevich	Axel Franz

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 46 kg details	Donka Mincheva	Estefania Juan	Esma Can
– 50 kg details	Izabela Dragneva	Siyka Stoyeva	Csilla Földi
– 54 kg details	Neslihan Demiroz	Neli Yankova	Evdokia Chatziavramidou
– 59 kg details	Fatma Kabadayi	Maria Christoforidou	Hatice Demiroz
– 64 kg details	Gergana Kirilova	Ioanna Chatziioannou	Tatyana Tesikova
– 70 kg details	Sule Sahbaz	Aysel Özgür	Irina Kasimova
– 76 kg details	Mária Takács	Derya Açıkgöz	Panagiota Antonopoulou
– 83 kg details	Albina Khomich	Monique Riesterer	Karoliina Lundahl
+ 83 kg details	Nurcihan Gonul	Sylvia Iskin	Erika Takacs

Men